Reference Guide

Command
Modes
INTERFACE
Command
History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
Usage
Information
Dell Networking recommends configuring metrics on all interfaces. Without
configuring this command, the IS-IS metrics are similar to hop-count metrics.
isis metric
Assign a metric to an interface.
S5000
Syntax
isis metric default-metric [level-1 | level-2]
To return to the default values, use the no isis metric [default-metric]
[level-1 | level-2] command.
Parameters
default-metric Metric assigned to the link and used to calculate the cost
from each other router via the links in the network to other
destinations. You can configure this metric for Level 1 or
Level 2 routing. The range is 0 to 63 for narrow and
transition metric styles and 0 to 16777215 for wide metric
styles. The default is 10.
level-1 (OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords level-1 to configure the
shortest path first (SPF) calculation for Level 1 (intra-area)
routing. This is the default.
level-2 (OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords level-2 to configure the
SPF calculation for Level 2 (inter-area) routing.
Defaults default-metric = 10; level-1 (if not otherwise specified)
Command
Modes
INTERFACE
Command
History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
Usage
Information
Dell Networking recommends configuring metrics on all interfaces. Without
configuring this command, the IS-IS metrics are similar to hop-count metrics.
Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
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